Henry VIII's Sister, Margaret Queen of Scots

Not Just the Tudors

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🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Margaret Tudor - daughter of King Henry VII, sister to Henry VIII - was married at 13 to James IV of Scotland, learning the skills of statecraft that would enable her to survive his early death and to construct a powerful position in Scotland.

In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more about Margaret from Dr. Linda Porter. Her new book, The Thistle and the Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor puts the record straight about a misunderstood and underestimated Tudor monarch, whose determination to fight for the rights of her son James V laid the groundwork for a future British state.

This episode was edited by Ella Blaxill and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	I'm Peter Frankerpern and in our podcast Legacy we explore the lives of some of the biggest characters in history.
0:08.0	This season we're exploring the life of Cleopatra.
0:11.0	An iconic life full of romances, seages and tragedy. But who was the real Cleopatra? It feels like her story's been told by others with their own agenda for centuries.
0:23.0	But her legacy is enduring,
0:25.0	and so we're going to dive into how her story has evolved
0:28.0	all the way up to today.
0:30.0	I am so excited to talk about Cleopatra Peter.
0:33.0	She is an icon.
0:35.2	She's the most famous woman in antiquity.
0:37.5	It's got to be up there with the most famous women of all time.
0:39.5	But I think there's a huge gap between how familiar people are with the idea of her
0:44.1	compared to what they actually know about her life and character. So for Pyramids,
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0:54.6	binge entire seasons early and ad-free on Wonder E Plus. On the 28th November, 1489 at the Palace of Westminster, the first Tudor princess and second child of King Henry the 7th and Elizabeth
1:16.6	of York was born.
1:18.4	Named for her paternal grandmother, Margaret Beauford, Margaret Tudor would go on to become Queen Consul of Scotland by marriage to King James
1:26.5	the 4th as well as mother to the future King James the 5th.
1:30.8	Born a Tudor Margaret became through marriage the matriarch of another royal dynasty, the
1:35.9	stewards.
1:36.9	A dynasty under whose rule England and Scotland were united in 1603 with its first shared monarch,
1:45.9	King James the 6th and 1st, beginning a century of Stuart Control and
1:50.9	influence in England, but that's skipping ahead.
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